Teufen AR

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AR is the abbreviation for the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland and is used to avoid confusion with other entries of the name Teufen .
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Teufen coat of arms
State : SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Canton : Canton of Appenzell AusserrhodenCanton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR)
District : former Mittelland districtw
BFS no. : 3024i1 f3 f4
Postal code : 9053
UN / LOCODE : CH TFN
Coordinates : 747 153  /  250649 coordinates: 47 ° 23 '25 "  N , 9 ° 23' 16"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred forty-seven thousand one hundred and fifty-three  /  250649
Height : 833  m above sea level M.
Height range : 599-1042 m above sea level M.
Area : 15.25  km²
Residents: 6265 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 411 inhabitants per km²
Mayor : Reto Altherr ( FDP )
Website: www.teufen.ch
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Location of the municipality
Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden Kanton St. Gallen Kanton St. Gallen Bezirk Hinterland Bezirk Vorderland Bühler AR Gais AR Speicher AR Teufen AR Trogen ARMap of Teufen
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Teufen is a municipality in the central plateau of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland . Teufen is separated by a hill immediately south of the city of St. Gallen .

history

Historical aerial photo from 400 m by Walter Mittelholzer from 1923

The name Teufen first appears on a document from 1272 Tiuffen (in the depth). Before 1300 there were only five farms in Teufen.

In 1377 the peasants of Appenzell , Urnäsch , Teufen and Gais joined the Swabian League of Towns with the abbot's permission . The Ammann of Appenzell sealed Teufen, which did not yet have a seal. The bear as heraldic animal on his seal went on all fours, as it is still depicted today on the Teufner municipal coat of arms.

The Reformation found its way into Appenzellerland very early , with Jakob Schurtanner , who was pastor of Teufen , playing an important role . After the Landsgemeinde resolution of 1525, according to which each Kirchhöri (community) could decide for itself whether to stick to the old faith or to accept the new one, the altar and pictures were removed in Teufen. Only towards the end of the century did the religious differences intensify again, which finally led to the division of the country on August 28, 1597.

During the Helvetic era , Teufen was the capital of the district of the same name in the canton of Säntis . In 1841 the community offered the new, stately schoolhouse on the village square to the country as a town hall as a gift if Teufen was designated the canton's capital. The Landsgemeinde declined the gift and bought the palace in Trogen from Landammann Jakob Zellweger. For this, Teufen received the cantonal artillery armory a few years later, which today belongs to the municipality.

The economic boom in Teufen was thanks to linen and later cotton weaving. In 1779, during the heyday of fine cotton weaving (mousseline), Teufen had the local builder Hans Ulrich Grubenmann build a new, larger church . Around 1820, the devil Johann Conrad Altherr constructed the first satin stitch loom , with which one could weave in the same work step and provide the fabric with embroidery-like patterns.

The first hand embroidery machines were installed in the 1850s. The years 1880–1890 were considered the golden years of embroidery . In the years that followed, the textile industry experienced a severe crisis from which it only recovered for a short time and then finally collapsed after the First World War. In Teufen, the stately commercial buildings in Eggli and the many embroidery houses along the streets are a reminder of the good times of embroidery.

population

Teufen is almost one of the only communities in Ausserrhoder to have a steadily increasing population.

Population development
year Residents
1667 2070
1850 4119
1900 4595
1950 4318
1980 5027
2000 5535
2002 5610
2004 5627
2006 5717
2008 5766
2010 5763
2012 5997
2014 6127
2016 6182
2018 6280

Attractions

  • Reformed Church , 1776–1779
  • Catholic Church, 1970s
  • The Grubenmann Museum in the former armory (there since June 2012) shows exhibits on the work of the Grubenmann family of builders.
  • West of Teufen in the Niederteufen district is the Wonnenstein Monastery , founded in 1379 , which forms an exclave of the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden .
  • Frölichsegg: viewpoint (998 m above sea level) on a wooded hill north of Teufen, named after the pharmacist Carl Friedrich Fröhlich (1802).

photos

  • View from the end of the 19th century

  • Houses with tail gables

  • Catholic Church

  • Village schoolhouse

  • Appenzell Railways

  • Teufen seen from the Goldibach Bridge

  • Goldibach Bridge

  • Hotel Linde

  • MediaSwiss House

freetime and sports

Teufen has leisure facilities, such as a sports facility with a soccer field and a 400 m running track, as well as an outdoor pool with several swimming pools that are heated with a thermal solar system ( solar collector ). There is also a Vitaparcours in the forest between Teufen and Speicher. Teufen is also home to the "Sportschule Appenzellerland" (Landhausstrasse 1a) with schools and sports facilities at the Trogen Cantonal School and the Teufen and Herisau secondary schools.

Personalities

The master builder family Grubenmann from Teufen built many churches and bridges in the whole of Eastern Switzerland and in neighboring countries in the 18th century. The maid Barbara Grubenmann is also known, through whose influence the village of Rottenacker in Upper Swabia rose to the center of separatist radical pietism in Württemberg between 1803 and 1816.

Other personalities

societies

The municipality of Teufen has a large number of different associations. The largest club in the village is the TVT (Turnverein Teufen). It is divided into different categories. The second largest club is the football club, which plays in the 3rd Swiss league. Other associations are the Cevi , the BESJ , the Blauring , the Pfadi , the Harmoniemusik, the Guggenmusik (Tüüfner Südwörscht ), the yodelling club , the Samaritan club and the male choir.

literature

  • Eugen Steinmann: Teufen AR. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 268). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1980, ISBN 978-3-85782-268-1 .
  • Eugen Steinmann: The art monuments of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Volume 2: The district of Mittelland. (The art monuments of Switzerland, Volume 97). Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 1980, ISBN 3-7643-1174-6 , pp. 171-250.

Web links

Commons : Teufen AR  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Fuchs: Teufen (AR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ Numbers + Facts teufen.ch, accessed on May 9, 2020
  4. ↑ Thomas Fuchs: Teufen (AR). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  5. ↑ ortsnames.ch - Frölichsegg. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Pictures Frölichsegg - Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Eberhard Fritz: Separatists in Rottenacker. A local group as the center of a "network" in the early 19th century. In: Leaves for Württemberg Church History 98/1998. Pp. 66-158. - Eberhard Fritz: The separatist Barbara Grubenmann from Teufen and radical Pietism in Württemberg. In: Appenzell Yearbooks 127/1999. Pp. 21-44.